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Inflation, factor substitution and growth

Klump, Rainer - 2003

potential positive effects of inflation along the convergence path. In a more general perspective the paper contributes to a …

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Public finances and long-term growth in Europe

De Ávila, Diego Romero; Strauch, Rolf - 2003

In Lisbon the European Council proclaimed a European growth strategy. It considers an average economic u0093growth rate of around 3 percent as a realistic prospect for the coming yearsu0094 and assigns public finances an important role in the process of achieving this goal. This paper addresses...

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The role of product market regulations in the process of structural change

Messina, Julián - 2003

The sectoral allocation of labor differs considerably across developed economies, even in the presence of similar patterns of structural change. A general equilibrium model that captures the stylized facts of structural change is presented. In this framework, product market regulations raise...

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Trade costs, openness and productivity

Lejour, Arjan; Rojas-Romagosa, Hugo; Rodriguez, Victor; … - 2009

This paper discusses the channels between openness and productivity and trade hampering factors. The stylized facts from the heterogeneous firms literature suggests that firms face market entry costs for each new product they export and to each new export market. Transport costs, border costs...

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Sustainability of the Estonian macroeconomic performance in the light of the EU membership

Olenko, Katrin - 2004

Estonia with the EU-15 and the former accession countries. It gives an overview of the nominal convergence according to the … rules laid down by EC Treaty on EMU convergence criteria. In the context of real convergence the set of criteria provided by …

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Convergence of real GDP per capita in the EU15: How do the accession countries fit in?

Kaitila, Ville - 2004

. Convergence occurred in two spells, in 1960u009673 and 1986u00962001, with an interim period of stagnation. In this paper, we … analyse both s and b convergence and discuss the impact of EU membership, trade and investment. We also analyse how seven … growth in the accession countries. Still, the experience of the EU15 countries shows that convergence cannot be taken for …

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Convergence and reunification in Cyprus: Scope for a virtuous circle

Noë, Willem; Watson, Max - 2005

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Commission´s assessment of the 2005 update of the convergence programme of Denmark

Europäische Kommission / Generaldirektion Wirtschaft … - 2006

The 2005 update of the Danish convergence programme, covering the period up to 2010, was submitted to the Commission on … broadly follows the model structure for stability and convergence programmes specified in the new code of conduct. …

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